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8:30pm Monday, March 29 on TV One

From the makers of award-winning dramas, Life On Mars and Spooks, and starring James Nesbitt (Cold Feet), comes the two-part drama Occupation, which traces the lives of three British soldiers from the moment of the invasion of Basra in April 2003 and spans the following five years (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

Basra, southern Iraq, 2003. Crammed inside a Warrior armed troop carrier, bullets and RPGs exploding around them, three British soldiers head into a hostile part of the city - and a world descending into chaos. When they emerge from their vehicle, their lives spiral out of control. Their fates - and the destiny of Iraq itself - become inextricably linked and united in war, the three men, and their friendships are torn apart during the peace that follows.

8:30pm Sunday, March 21 on TV One

Anne Frank started to write her diary on her 13th birthday in June 1942, just two weeks before she and her family were forced to go into hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland. Written from the cramped conditions of an annexe in her father's spice warehouse, Anne's poignant, feisty and often very funny account of her life over a two-year period has become one of the most widely read pieces of non-fiction.

Award-winning actress Tamsin Greig, who is well known for her roles in Love Soup and The Green Wing, plays Edith Frank, Anne's troubled and often misunderstood mother in this adaptation of Sunday Theatre: The Diary Of Anne Frank (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE) - a rare privilege as the rights to the diary are seldom granted from the Anne Frank Fonds (Estate).

I've done some searching on tonight's Sunday Theatre, which is The Diary Of Anne Frank, and something doesn't add up.

According to it's entry at IMDB the drama was shown as 5 x 30min episodes, but TVNZ are running it as a 2hr feature length movie.

So if that's the case surely it would be of longer duration than 2hrs, including adverts.

Something isn't right here and I'd like an explanation from TVNZ.

8:30pm Sunday, March 14 on TV One

Set in the mid-80s, Sunday Theatre: Starter For 10 follows Brian Jackson, a working-class student, as he navigates through his turbulent first year at Bristol University (tonight on TV ONE at 8.30pm).

James McAvoy (Atonement), the young actor who plays Brian, says his character is a brilliant everyman: "Someone trying to fit in and I think that's something we can all relate to."

"The story will appeal to adults who grew up in the 80s, anyone who has gone through higher education, and anyone who's tried to fit into something they weren't meant for. It's not your typical teenage gross-out comedy," he continues.

8:30pm Sunday, March 7 on TV One

On tonight's series finale of Doc Martin, the curmudgeonly Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is packing up his Portwenn home and practice in preparation for his move back to London (on TV ONE at 8.30pm).

Martin and Pauline (Katherine Parkinson) are surprised by the number of patients coming to see him on the last day before his surgery closes. Martin heads to visit Louisa (Caroline Catz) at the school to finalise financial arrangements for after the birth of their baby, before heading home where Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) helps finish off his packing.

8:30pm Sunday, January 24 on TV One

Martin Clunes returns for a fourth series as the hapless, socially and romantically inept GP, Martin Ellingham, in Sunday Theatre: Doc Martin (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

Martin was once a successful London surgeon whose hospital career came to a shuddering halt when he developed a phobia for blood. He retrained as a GP and moved to the Cornish seaside hamlet of Portwenn, a quaint coastal town filled with a host of colourful characters. The Portwenn community slowly become fond of their fish-out-of-water doctor who, despite his medical brilliance, lacks vital personal skills and any semblance of bedside manner.

8:30pm Sunday, January 17 on TV One

The British Prime Minister and the Royal Family find themselves at odds in the wake of a national tragedy, in tonight's multi-award-winning Sunday Theatre: The Queen (at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British public, Queen Elizabeth II (Dame Helen Mirren) retreats behind the walls of Balmoral Castle with her family, unable to grasp the public's grief and how she should react.

For Tony Blair (Michael Sheen), the popular and newly-elected Prime Minister, the people's need for reassurance and support from their leaders is palpable. As the unprecedented outpouring of emotion grows even stronger, Blair must find a way to reconnect the heavily-criticised Queen with the British public.

8:30pm Monday, January 11 on TV One

The adventure of a lifetime becomes the journey from hell in TV ONE's Sunday Theatre: Losing Gemma (tonight at 8.30pm).

Two unlikely travelling companions are thrown together when their mutual friend has an accident the night before they leave for India. Adventurous loner Esther (Alice Eve, The Rotters' Club) wants to get a taste of real travel and leave her old life behind, while Gemma (Rachel Leskovac, Holby City), who has just split from her boyfriend Steve (Jonas Armstong, Robin Hood), is more interested in recreating the famous shot of Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal.